UMass Memorial Medical Center and community partners deployed a mobile addiction service, called the Road to Care. Using this approach, multidisciplinary and interprofessional providers deliver holistic addiction care by centering patients’ needs with respect to scheduling, location, and convenience. This program also extends access to buprenorphine and naloxone among people experiencing homelessness. They demonstrated that a community-based mobile addiction service, anchored within a major medical center, can provide high-volume and high-quality overdose prevention services that facilitate engagement with additional treatment.
Type: Toolkit
KFF Health News – What You Need to Know About the Opioid Settlement Funds
Reporter Aneri Pattani breaks down how opioid settlement funds are distributed.
XKFF Health News – What You Need to Know About the Opioid Settlement Funds
National Harm Reduction Coalition – Office Hours: Accessing Opioid Settlement Funding for Harm Reduction Programs with Christine Minhee
Christine Minhee, founder of OpioidSettlementTracker.com, gives an overview of the opioid settlements and advice on how to leverage the funds for harm reduction interventions.
XNational Harm Reduction Coalition – Office Hours: Accessing Opioid Settlement Funding for Harm Reduction Programs with Christine Minhee
Optimizing Opioid Settlement Funds To Save Lives: Investing In Equitable Solutions
This article outlines immediate, medium, and long-term investments that local jurisdictions can use to target their opioid settlement funds toward addressing overdose in their hardest-hit communities. These recommendations will help decision makers prioritize evidence-based and equitable solutions that can effectively reduce deaths, suffering, and health disparities.
NACCHO – Opioid Settlements Webinar Resources and A Quick “How-To” Guide for Understanding Opioid Settlements State-to-State
This 3-part webinar series and resulting toolkit helps local health departments identify ways to leverage opioid settlement funds for public health and harm reduction initiatives
A Roadmap for Opioid Settlement Funds: Supporting Communities & Ending the Overdose Crisis
The annual addition of this Roadmap provides a path forward for elected officials, government agencies, and others involved with the allocation of opioid settlement funds.
New York Guide for Community Advocates on the Opioid Settlement
Vital Strategies, in collaboration with Christine Minhee of OpioidSettlementTracker.com, produced this comprehensive guide on opioid settlement funds to demystify how the state will receive and allocate opioid settlement funds. The goal is to empower community advocates on the ground to effectively understand and engage with the settlement planning and spending process.
